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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1978 - 29 July.6 August

Sections & Films

DERSU UZALA

Category: Edition 1978

Synopsis
A Russian army explorer who is rescued in Siberia by a rugged Asian hunter renews his friendship with the woodsman years later when he returns as the head of a larger expedition. The hunter finds that all of his nature lore is of no help when he accompanies the explorer back to civilization.

Original Title DERSU UZALA
Italian Title DERSU UZALA - IL PICCOLO UOMO DELLE GRANDI PIANURE
Category Official Competition
Section Official Competition
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 141'
Production Year 1975
Nationality Japan, U.S.S.R.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa
Screenplay Akira Kurosawa, Yuriy Nagibin
Main cast Maksim Munzuk, Yuriy Solomin, Mikhail Bychkov

 regista akira KurosawaAKIRA KUROSAWA

Akira Kurosawa (Tokyo, March 23, 1910) is a film director, screenwriter, editor, film producer and Japanese writer.
Recognized as one of the most significant film personalities of the twentieth century, he is probably the most important and imitated Japanese filmmaker and his films have strongly influenced generations of directors all over the world. Among the various awards he received the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1951.